An umbrella, in the colours of Argentina's national flag, is held by a protester during a silent march to honour late state investigator Alberto Nisman in Buenos Aires February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched peacefully through the Argentine capital on Wednesday demanding an independent judiciary, as the country reels from the death of a state prosecutor who had been investigating the president.
The protest, one of the biggest during President Cristina Fernandez's seven years in power, took place a month after a state prosecutor who had accused Fernandez of plotting to cover up his investigation into a 1994 bombing was found dead.
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